ReEntry Lab

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Building bridges between writers & other artists leaving incarceration and arts & literary communities ready to receive them. Based in Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota.

Photograph of Joe Davis, a Black man with medium brown skin and black hair. In this photo, he's wearing a hat, a beard and mustache, and all-black clothes, including a T-shirt which says, "I just wanna make dope art and love my people."
Photograph of Desdamona, a middle-aged white woman with very long wavy brown hair. In this photo, she's on stage singing into a microphone and wearing a black top and a bracelet; behind her, a blurred background including another singer.
Photograph of Tony Burgess, a white man with tanned skin. In this photo, he's got very short black-tending-to-silver hair, shaved on the sides, with a mustache and small goatee; he's wearing a dark blue jacket and stands in front of a window of words.
Photograph of folaṣade, a Black person with medium-dark skin. In this photo, they are wearing a lavender sweatshirt, thin necklace, large-framed glasses, and their hair up in a topknot. She has a satisfied smile and is in a room with books and art.
Photograph of Nen G Ramirez, a Chicanx person with light skin and black hair with green splashes. In this photo, they are sitting in a park; their face has multiple piercings and their eyelashes are enormous.
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a 5x5 reading for social change - the reading everybody will be talking about the next day. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, July 7th, 2026, 7 pm.” Small photos of each of five readers, labeled by name: Nen G Ramirez, folaṣade, Tony Burgess, Desdamona, and Joe Davis.
Photograph of Eemanna, a young Black woman with medium-dark brown skin. In this photo she's wearing a matched pair of stretch pants and bandeau with orange and black patterning, large hoop earrings, a nostril ring, and short natural hair.
Photograph of Adrien Wright, a nonbinary white person with dark brown hair. In this photo, they are wearing blue striped overalls and a red/white and blue/white striped shirt, a safety-pin necklace, and mid-length curly hair with two long pigtails. They're somewhere outside, with a rock formation in the background.
Photograph of Antonio Duke, a young Black man with medium-dark brown skin. In this photo, he's wearing short freshly trimmed hair, a trim goatee and mustache, and a long-sleeve black shirt. He's seated and smiling.
mk zariel's logo, a line drawing of a crouching fox superimposed on a square diagonally divided between black and pink.
Photograph of Sabrin Nur, a young Black person with dark skin and short black hair. In this photo, they have a wide smile and are wearing pearl necklaces and earrings and a purple garment with a purple head covering and a striped cloth over their left shoulder. Behind them are what look like blue stars on a black background, with a constellation tracing barely visible.
Photograph of Armand McCoy, a young Black man with medium-brown skin, short hair, and a short beard and mustache. In this photo he's wearing a light tan coat over a white T-shirt, a bandanna around his forehead, a ring on his middle finger, and a necklace. He's sitting in a vehicle and has a neutral expression.
Photograph of Andre Anderson, a white man with dark brown hair. In this photo he is wearing a wide smile, short hair, a short beard and mustache with sprinkles of gray, and a black T-shirt. He stands, arms slightly akimbo, in front of a blurred background.
Photograph of Sana Wazwaz, a young Palestinian American woman with light brown skin. In this photo, she is wearing a purple hijab and a white top, smiling at the camera against a gray background.
Photograph of Jennifer Landretti, a white woman with medium-short graying brown hair. In this photo, she's wearing a blue sleeveless top, a blue gaiter around her neck, and dark sunglasses, and is standing in dunes behind an ocean shore.
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a 5x5 reading for social change - the reading everybody will be talking about the next day. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, May 5th, 2026, 7 pm.” Small photos of each of five readers, labeled by name: Jennifer Landretti, Sana Wazwaz, Andre Anderson, Armand McCoy, Sabrin Nur.
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a 5x5 reading for social change - the reading everybody will be talking about the next day. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, April 7th, 2026, 7 pm.” Small photos of each of five readers, labeled by name: Sagirah Shahid, Suzanne Locke, Isavela Lopez, Ben Westlie, and Nick Metcalf.
Photograph of Nick Metcalf, a two-spirit American Indian. In this photo, they are wearing a striped collared shirt over a t-shirt and standing in front of a microphone with one hand raised.
Photograph of Ben Westlie, a young white man with dark blond hair. In this photo, he wears short hair, a short scruff of beard and mustache, a wide smile, and a crimson velour T-shirt. He's standing, arms crossed, in front of an out-of-focus grassy field.
Photograph of Isavela Lopez, a Latina woman with light brown skin and very dark hair. In this photo, she's wearing a white top with puffy sleeves, two necklaces, hand-crafted pendant earrings, a nose ring, and long wavy hair pulled to the back and side.
Photograph of Suzanne Locke, a white woman with long blond hair. In this photo she's wearing a black coat over a fuchsia top, two necklaces, a nose stud, and glasses propped on top of her head. She's got a wide smile and freckles.
Photograph of Sagirah Shahid, a Black woman with light brown skin. In this photo, her hair is pulled back into a low bun; she's wearing thin gold framed glasses, a tan sweater over olive shirt, a gold necklace, and a skeptical expression. Behind her on the wall, a framed print with Arabic writing and an English phrase, "IT MATTERS WHERE YOU START - A NARRATIVE."
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a 5x5 reading for social change - the reading everybody will be talking about the next day. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, April 7th, 2026, 7 pm.” Small photos of each of five readers, labeled by name: Sagirah Shahid, Suzanne Locke, Isavela Lopez, Ben Westlie, and Nick Metcalf.
Photograph of Lt. Sunnie, a Black woman with medium brown skin and very long braided hair descending from both sides. In this photo she's wearing a leather-look top over white collared shirt, silver necklace, large earrings, and a huge smile.
Photograph of Lester Batiste, a Black man with dark skin, very short hair, and a trim beard and mustache. In this picture he's wearing a tan suit with pocket square, white shirt, gold watch, stud earrings, and two rings, and he's got a serious expression as he looks into the camera.
Photograph of Cecily McMillan, a Latine person with light skin and dark brown hair. In this picture she's wearing a sweater vest, earrings and red lipstick, and shows her teeth in not quite a smile.
Photograph of Ashe Jaafaru, a Black woman with dark skin, wide eyes, and full lips; in this photo she's wearing short, curly, two-toned hair, nose piercings, earrings, and a gold multi-ring collar. She stares at the camera with a calm expression.
Photograph of Rosetta Peters, a Dakota woman with medium brown skin and long black hair. In this picture, she is wearing a navy blazer over a navy shirt, a sliced-stone pendant, and pendant earrings; in the background is a weathered wooden fence.
Promo graphic with text, which reads "12th Annual Transformative Justice and Abolition Criminology Conference, February 13, 2026. Via Zoom, public, free, and recorded. Register at https://savethekidsgroup.org."
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a 5x5 reading for social change - the reading everybody will be talking about the next day. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, March 3rd, 2025, 7 pm.” Small photos of each of five readers, labeled by name: Rosetta Peters, Ashe Jaafaru, Cecily McMillan, Lester Batiste, and Lt. Sunnie.
Photograph of Isha Camara, a dark-skinned Black woman. In this photo she is wearing a black top, dark denim pants, and a patterned black-and-white hijab. She is seated in front of a red background. Her eyes are surrounded by colored stars and she has a serious expression, looking directly at the camera.
Photograph of Heid E. Erdrich, a light-skinned Ojibwe woman. In this photo, taken outdoors in front of a blurry winter background, she stares at the camera, and wears long reddish, brown, and white hair; a maroon turtleneck; long beaded earrings; and a slight smile.
Photograph of Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, an Indigenous man with medium-brown skin. In this photo he has a slight smile and is wearing glasses and an earring, a haircut with very short sides and a long curly top, and a mustache and soul patch.
Photograph of BakiBakiBaki, an Afro-indigenous person with medium-brown skin. In this photo they are wearing a jean jacket and a particolor vest, long twining braided hair, a knit white cap, and a wide smile; they are holding up index and middle fingers of their left hand.
Photograph of Ari Tison (Bribri), an Indigenous woman with light brown skin. In this photo she is wearing long black straight hair, a long-sleeved black shirt, and white pants; she is seated and leaning forward, right elbow on knee, resting her chin on her right palm, half-concealing a half-smile.
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a 5x5 reading for social change - the reading everybody will be talking about the next day. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, February 3rd, 2025, 7 pm.” Small photos of each of five readers, labeled by name: Ari Tison, BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara.
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a gathering for social change. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, January 6th, 2025, 7 pm.” Main section of flyer reads, "Narrative Interventions Workshop followed by Open Mic, facilitated by Kyle 'Guante' Tran Myhre."
Photograph of Jen Bowen, a white woman with shoulder-length wavy brown hair. In this photo, she wears a half-smile and a black top and looks to the side, out of frame.
Photograph of Sun Yung Shin, a Korean-American woman with long black hair and freckled cheeks. In this photo she is wearing a black and white mottled blouse, bracelets, large ring earrings, and a subdued friendly expression.
Flyer with text reading: “Better Things - a 5x5 reading for social change - the reading everybody will be talking about the next day. Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Avenue, December 2nd, 2025, 7 pm.” Small photos of each of five readers, labeled by name: Tyra Payer, Jen Bowen, Fong L., Sun Yung Shin, and Bao Phi.
Photograph of Bao Phi, an Asian-American man with a black goatee and mustache. In this photo, he is standing in a wintry landscape with an orange sunlit cloudscape; he wears a blue coat, multicolored scarf, sweater, and hat, and black-framed plastic eyeglasses. His expression is fierce.